Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 15, 1913
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
- 宫口精二
- Сэйдзи Миягути
Seiji Miyaguchi
Biography
Seiji Miyaguchi (宮口 精二 Miyaguchi Seiji, November 15, 1913–April 12, 1985) was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as Kyuzo, the master swordsman) despite the actor's confession to have never handled a sword before the role, Ikiru as a yakuza boss from "restaurant row," and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan. He died of lung cancer.
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Known For - Movies
Seven Samurai
as Kyuzo
Ikiru
as Yakuza Boss
Throne of Blood
as Phantom samurai
Kwaidan
as Old Man (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
as Shukichi
The Bad Sleep Well
as Public Prosecutor Okakura
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Kyôritsu Ô
Japan's Longest Day
as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
Tokyo Twilight
as Policeman
Early Spring
as Yuzo Miura
